21 September 2015

"So why is the centre-left by and large not benefiting from the failures of their political opponents? The deep reason lies in its absorption of the policies of the centre-right, going back almost three decades: the acceptance of free trade agreements, the deregulation of everything, and (in the eurozone) of binding fiscal rules and the most extreme version of central bank independence on earth. They are all but indistinguishable from their opponents"(do radical de esquerda "Financial Times" via VB)

20 September 2015

Julia Holter - "Phonetic Translations"

"I re-composed sound for these found videos, mostly working by way of 'phonetic translations' (translating the sounds of the Russian words into English). I performed music with this video as a part of The Series at the Standard Hotel in downtown LA, March 8, 2011. This was my first time 'translating' with video, which appealed to me because of the challenge (and awkwardness) of 'syncing up' with another's lips and, occasionally, another's gestures. These and other translations are a part of my 2011 Translations project with Human Ear Music"